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PewDiePie encouraging you to ditch your big box OS and join the FOSS revolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0

i love linuk

Was quite the fun Video to watch, especially representing it as an alternative, to an audience who only heard of Linuk as the Server OS or the Hacker OS and aren't Nerds .

It feels like more and more People are moving, like JamesLee and now Pewdipie.

I'm predicting a big influx of people switching to linux this year with Windows 10 losing support in October. I think Windows 11 is just bad enough that people will be open to alternatives.

SapphireFire wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 3:01 am I'm predicting a big influx of people switching to linux this year with Windows 10 losing support in October. I think Windows 11 is just bad enough that people will be open to alternatives.

We all thought the same thing about Windows 8. I'll believe it when I see it. Inertia is a hell of a drug.

SapphireFire wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 3:01 am I'm predicting a big influx of people switching to linux this year with Windows 10 losing support in October. I think Windows 11 is just bad enough that people will be open to alternatives.

I agree with Zonk on that, normal People don't care about EOL. I know of people still using Windows 7. But I do see a small Jump in Users for Linux (big for Linux but small for actual Market Share), in part of the Windows 10 EOL, but more because of Entshitification of Win 10/11 and Quicker loss of Software Support for Games and Similar on Win 10. Particularly the Tech Enthusiast and maybe a bit of the Gamer Demographic.

But hey 2026 will be the Year of the Linux Desktop.

zonk wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 1:32 pm We all thought the same thing about Windows 8. I'll believe it when I see it. Inertia is a hell of a drug.

It isn't just inertia. Users need to learn a new way of working, with new applications and new problems to solve. They also have to content with a world where Microsoft has spent decades and unfathomable amounts of money to make their OS the only OS. I tried Linux for a bit myself, but wound up sticking with Windows solely because it meant less headaches in getting devices to work and locating replacement software for what I'd use.

It is truly better than ever to switch to a flavor of linux, but that's not really saying a lot.

I'm always hopeful for more people to switch, one of my friends is planning on it once Win10 ends support and I've been using Linux since last year. I'm actually planning on getting a Framework laptop too cause they have good Linux support and my current laptop is falling apart